Biography

10/21/1868 - 12/20/1938

SIMPSON, John H. W., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pa., October 21, 1868; graduated, Amity Academy, Dravosburg; attended, Curry University, Pittsburgh; graduated, University of Michigan School of Law; lawyer (1895-1938); burgess, Dravosburg; solicitor, Dravosburg; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1917 and 1919 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1921 term; president, State Bank of Dravosburg; died, December 20, 1938 in Dravosburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Richland Cemetery, Dravosburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania